Strange Cards

Chapter 488 is back to you, thank you.

After Shigure finished speaking, he wrapped his cloak around himself and disappeared from the spot.

He knew that this place would be discovered sooner or later, and the stories left behind here would also be discovered sooner or later.

He didn't need to do anything more; he just needed to wait quietly for the person who discovered this place.

As the organization "Otherworlders" stated, they only left behind what they did and the process.

As for right and wrong? Let future generations judge.

……

After buying some random things, Shigure followed the prophecy given by the Joker and wandered all the way to a small mountain village.

Although the roads in the small mountain village are paved with cement, the steep mountain terrain still makes them seem rather rugged.

When Yu arrived at the foot of a mountain, she put down what she was carrying after seeing a brick house and gently knocked on the door.

A short while later, an old woman opened the door and looked at Shi Yu standing in the doorway.

"child."

Who are you looking for?

"I'm looking for Gong Long."

Upon hearing Shi Yu mention her son's name, the old lady's hand visibly trembled. Just as she was about to close the door, Shi Yu stretched out her foot to block it and said...

"etc!"

"Auntie, I'm not here to cause trouble."

"I'm Gong Long's friend!"

But the old lady seemed not to believe it and frantically squeezed Shiyu's feet, trying to push Shiyu out.

Just then, a middle-aged man rushed back and, seeing Shiyu arguing with his mother at the door, shouted loudly.

"That person!"

"What do you do?!"

Upon seeing the person arrive, Shi Yu realized that this might be the brother Gong Long had mentioned back then, and quickly spoke up.

"etc!"

"Gong Long should have told you my name."

"My name is Shigure!"

"Time as in 'shi' (时), rain as in 'xiayu' (下雨)!"

After hearing Shi Yu state her name, the man hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"My younger brother once received a very strange playing card. He said he eventually gave that card to Shigure."

"If you are Shigure himself, let me see that card."

Shi Yu nodded and took out the Jack of Spades.

After glancing at the Jack of Spades, the man confirmed Shigure's identity, nodded, and then addressed his elderly mother.

"Mom, let him in."

"He's not here to cause trouble."

The old lady was wary, but she still listened to her son and put Shiyu inside.

Shi Yu looked at the house, which barely had electricity, when the man came up to her with a cup of tea.

"We don't have much to offer guests, so please have a cup of tea."

"This is truly a neglect."

"It's okay."

Shi Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then the two men fell into a long, long silence.

Finally, it was Shigure who broke the silence.

"you...."

Why live at the foot of the mountain in this mountain village?

"Ugh."

"To protect my elderly mother."

The man sighed, offered Shi Yu a cigarette, and then said quietly.

"My name is Gong Sheng, and I am Gong Long's older brother."

"Before that incident happened, Gong Long told me to take my elderly mother and escape back to my hometown so that we could settle down there."

"He gave us a large sum of money, enough to fill four suitcases."

"We still haven't run out of money."

Gong Sheng took a drag of his cigarette and then said.

"As the older brother, I watched my younger brother get married and have children, but fate seems to enjoy playing tricks on my poor brother."

"My sister-in-law died while giving birth to my niece, and my niece became my brother's only thought."

"That child is so cute, he calls me 'Uncle' in a sweet voice."

"But the child still died in an accident in the end. The successive deaths of my wife and daughter dealt another heavy blow to my brother's already fragile nerves."

"I know he killed someone back then, and as his older brother, I should have tried to persuade him to stop."

"Advice him to do good, advise him to turn himself in."

"But I can't do it. I can't make my brother let go of the hatred in his heart."

"I will not persuade others to do good if I have not experienced their suffering."

"Later, I returned to my hometown after wandering around and took over the responsibility of taking care of my mother from my younger brother."

"After all these years, you're still the first person to come see him."

Shi Yu nodded, pointed to the things she had brought, and then said.

"Gong Long and I are friends, and I gave him the opportunity to get revenge."

"I couldn't stop him back then. I got a tranquilizer gun and had him knock me out, and then I went with him to kill people."

"I couldn't stop a father's revenge either; I know how much pain Gong Long is in."

"It was also the last thing he gave me that saved my life many times afterward, and even allowed me to escape death."

"I brought these things to pay my respects to you, and also to see him."

Gong Sheng nodded and pointed to the back door.

My younger brother is buried on the mountain.

"With his family."

"..."

Thank you.

After Shi Yu reached the door, she turned to look at Gong Shengdao.

"So many years have passed."

"you..."

Gong Sheng seemed to know what Shi Yu was going to say, and after waving his hand to put out his cigarette, he said...

"Legally speaking, I am also a criminal, and I am still within the statute of limitations for this case."

"I can't hurt others. If I get caught, I'll have a criminal record. I can't hurt my child either."

"Go quickly."

Shi Yu nodded, then lightly touched the ground with her toes and flew towards the back mountain.

When Shi Yu arrived at the joint grave of the family of three, she planted the Sin Sword in front of Gong Long's grave, then put down the two books and said...

"Old friend, we should be considered friends, right?"

"Thank you for keeping the Jack of Spades and the Steel Claw from back then. If it weren't for them, I would have died on the way to the mission long ago."

"But Claw sacrificed himself for me in the end, and this body I have now is Claw's."

"I'm going to die soon too, but before that..."

"I will place the sword forged from the remnants of Steel Claw here."

"Add these two books that have lost their power and are now just stories."

Shi Yu said that she was sweeping the graves of Gong Long's family, and then lit incense.

Shi Yu glanced at the portrait of Gong Long's daughter and understood Gong Long's anger.

The reason is simple: the child was just too young.

She is even younger than Qi Nannan was back then.

After Shiyu finished doing everything, he looked at the two books that had been blown open by the wind, bowed deeply, and said...

"Before I die, for some reason, I want to see you."

"Perhaps you too have faced death calmly in the past, and I've come to learn from your experience."

"Ha ha."

Shi Yu chuckled, then looked at Gong Long's portrait and said with a serious expression.

"Although I've said it many times, I still want to say it again."

"Thanks to you, old buddy, for all this stuff..."

"Here you go, thank you."